Written by

Joe Reedy
Cincinnati Enquirer

The Bengals made their 21 moves to get down to the 53-man roster limit on Saturday, and there were a couple of surprises.

The biggest one is that, for the second consecutive season, the team kept seven receivers on the roster as Ryan Whalen and Dane Sanzenbacher, an Ohio State product, both made it. Both had strong preseasons but the conventional wisdom was that only one could make it. Andrew Hawkins is the frontrunner to be placed on injured reserve with a designation to return; however, that can't happen until after 4 p.m. Tuesday.